Today the DOW Jones industrial dropped it like its hot and crashed 777.68 points, the DOW finishing at 10365.45. As expected both candidates and parties came out swinging at the closing bell, hoping to score a TKO while the market already lay long motionless upon the canvas. It was the most shameful display from politicians and media that I have seen in a long time, perhaps ever and it is so utterly mind blowing in its stupidity that it is almost beyond belief. Indeed, if even I think it’s stupid; it’s pretty bad, considering I desecrated my brain long ago with barbiturate misuse. In fact, I didn’t really realize I had a problem until I forgot what a barbiturate was and tried abusing Barbasol with very unpleasant results, but that’s another blog entry altogether.
JP Morgan: "You’re a big huge company, why don’t you back that bank up? It’s my money Washington’s playing with; back that bank up!"
Though JP Morgan/Chase is acquiring banking firms at low cost and making out pretty well, much as they did during the Great Depression (I smell a conspiracy), the rest of us are sitting on the edge of our seats waiting for any solution to come out of Washington, wondering if we will keep our jobs and anxious to see if there will be such a thing as credit next week, though if we don’t have credit, there is a silver lining; at least we won’t have to put up with that Freecreditreport.com ass anymore. At least at this point, I for one don’t care whose fault it is (it’s Christopher Lambert’s) and am more concerned about what is being done or could be done on both sides of the fence to ensure the economic security of our nation and I don’t want to hear the bickering anymore, but rather some solutions.
Yet, the media is flooded with superficial, completely ridiculous, shallow attacks by both parties upon the opposing party and anyone with half a brain knows it. I actually heard on CNN some guy saying that McCain didn’t do enough to convince Republicans to vote on the bill, so the fault rests with him and the Republicans. What a completely stupid, inane globalization. Way to scrutinize just one side of the political spectrum there chief, without applying it to the opposite, like any other reasonable person would. You don’t deserve to be on Wolf Blitzer’s obtrusive Situation Room screen there sport, nor does Jack Cafferty for that matter, but then again, that’s just fodder for another blog. Here is the thing; if you are going to apply a principle to scrutinize people then that principle has to cover everyone, not just those who you are opposed to. Many Democrats didn’t vote for the bill either, yet you don’t hear Republicans blaming Pelosi for not pulling in enough Democratic votes, though the Republicans are saying that her speech beforehand where she tore into President Bush was unfair, which I agree with for a couple reasons, and it had worked in driving some Republicans away from voting aye. If this is the case, these individuals should not be allowed to sit in a senate chair ever again. Because someone’s words are harsh to you, you think that’s a reasonable catalyst to not give approval for a bill? What a way to put the country on the back burner and your personal feelings above the security of the nation. How petty, why don’t you all grow a pair?
We do this with congress all the time though, that is try and batter one party or another instead of viewing them as what they truthfully are, a group made up of individuals. If you want to attack someone, at least have the sense to attack someone individually on how they voted or what they have done, not according to what another constituent of their party said or did. I have done this before in the past and I readily admit it, however I now realize how dumb it truly is.
Another funny thing is that both the parties and presidential candidates claim that now is not the time for partisan politics, but then proceeded to attack each other in the exact same sentence. May I remind them that with the elections so close, now is not the time for such complete and explicit contradictions. With people like these getting elected, is it any wonder that any discourse about the goings on in Washington or in local government is met with a type of hate filled political polarization reminiscent of an almost racial tension from those who disagree with your views?
I think some people are lazy and would rather over characterize a group to attack, rather than actually have to learn something by looking up facts, doing a little research and applying it to the topic or the individual they are complaining or concerned about. It is much easier that way, because you can hold on blindly to your bias without ever really being challenged. To some people there is nothing worse than finding out that what you believed in so strongly was false and that you may have been wrong. It’s just easier for someone not to put themselves in that position where they might be challenged, for some would rather go with the mob rather than follow real solid data or logic.
Why is it that too often our first reaction when things go wrong is to point fingers? Though it may have relevance in the long term, in the short term, when real solutions and vital decisions have to be made, it is completely counterproductive to what needs to be accomplished. The thing is, people feel this situation is beyond their control so something or someone needs to be blamed. Yet, in this race to attach and associate blame, we frequently overlook who or what is truly responsible. Instead of a hurricane, its FEMA or President Bush; instead of two kids shooting up a school at Colombine, its movies, TV and Ramstein; instead of individual companies, its President Carter, Reagan, Bush, Democrats or Republicans; instead of Bristol Palin; its Sarah Palin, so on and so forth. If one is to be held accountable then yes, by all means hold them personally to account, but people just arbitrarily placing blame because of the letter after someone’s name is a flawed completely stupid way of thinking and it unfairly undermines the Republicans and Democrats who are actually hard at work doing great things or the great things they have already accomplished.
Truthfully, the most respectable thing I heard come out of anyone’s mouth today was from Arizona Senator Jon Kyl (R is the letter after his name), who when pressed for his thoughts on Democrats refused to push blame upon anyone only stating that people like Nancy Pelosi, Barney Frank and other Democrats did do some good, hard work on the bill. Its attitudes like that we should be encouraging in society and especially amongst our political leaders.
Thank you for reading. Barbasol time!
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